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| The Obama administration: life in the clown-car fast lane |
| 2009-01-05 |
| David Kahane, National Review Can you believe it? Barack Hussein Obama II hasn’t even been inaugurated yet and he’s already been interviewed by federal prosecutors in the ongoing Blago mess; he’s seen Bill Richardson immolate himself rather than stand the federal grand-jury scrutiny that would have come with his appointment as Commerce Secretary; his boy Rahm Emanuel is both en pointe, having resigned the House seat that was previously warmed by Hot Rod and Dan Rostenkowski, and, apparently, on Patrick Fitzgerald’s tapes too; and he’s facing the prospect of the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, standing like a homunculus George Wallace in the schoolhouse door, ready to deny entrance to a black man when Roland “We Are the Senator” Burris tries to take Bambi’s hardly-even-used seat tomorrow. And here we Democrats thought the Clinton administration could never be topped! You people had better get used to it, though, because hijinks and shenanigans like these are going to be the order of the day for at least the next four years. After all, we are the Tammany Party — the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sedition, and Surrender — so this sort of thing is not exactly new for us. Just look at our track record: . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #13 It's an amusing idea to taunt people with, Barbara. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2009-01-05 21:27 |
| #12 I think she's got more sense than to be available, Eric. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-05 20:59 |
| #11 About Richardson's replacement: you know, there's a pretty good governor with lots of experience negotiating large contracts with multinational corporations while keeping negotiations publicly accountable. This governor has more executive experience than Barack Obama. Do any of you think she's be available? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2009-01-05 20:56 |
| #10 And here we Democrats thought the Clinton administration could never be topped! This IS IS IS the "Clinton Administration." 'Gooood mornin Miss Hillary' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-05 17:42 |
| #9 Being here in Chicago, I tried to warn all my national friends that "pay to play" in Illinois politics is neither a feature or a bug... its the operating system. |
| Posted by: Capsu 78 2009-01-05 17:36 |
| #8 You grab up all these Clinton holdovers and ya gotta expect shit like this... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-05 17:03 |
| #7 ... and it certainly is not pocket "change" either. |
| Posted by: iIleagle 2009-01-05 13:29 |
| #6 Must be the "Hope," tu - it's certainly not a change for the Dems. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-05 12:17 |
| #5 I'm seriously considering an IPO, Blondie. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-05 12:16 |
| #4 So is this the "Change" part or the "Hope" part? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-05 10:39 |
| #3 "Democracy is the theory that the people know what they want and deserve to get it - good and hard." |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-01-05 10:24 |
| #2 You asked for it America. Now you're gonna get it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-05 09:48 |
| #1 Is it too late to invest in Barbara Skolaut's popcorn concession stand here on the 'burg? ;) |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-01-05 09:41 |